A grizzly bear clutching a salmon, the Grand Canyon at sunrise and a scissortail flycatcher in flight. Those striking images will be on the final batch of state quarters as the most successful coin program in history draws to a close.

Waimea High School sits just a few hundred yards from one of the most beautiful beaches on the island of Kauai. But life here is not easy for many of the kids who line up on the school's football practice field, throwing passes and hard blocks in their quest to earn an escape from paradise.